The all-time famous William Robert Jolyon Turnbull was a British journalist and presenter, who in later life worked as a presenter for the radio station Classic FM, after many years as a presenter with the BBC.
Turnbull joined the BBC as a reporter for the Today program in 1986 and Breakfast Time as a reporter in 1988, before becoming a correspondent for BBC News in 1990. He covered a wide range of domestic and international stories, reporting from over thirty countries including a four-year stint as Washington Correspondent, based in the USA. His producer for a while was Sian Williams. In this role, he reported on several major American stories, including the O. J. Simpson murder trial and the Monica Lewinsky scandal that rocked Bill Clinton’s presidency.
Turnbull joined the BBC Breakfast team in 2001 as a weekend presenter, presenting with Sian Williams initially and then later with Sarah Montague, Mishal Husain, and Susanna Reid. He also regularly appeared as a relief presenter on the weekday program, with Sophie Raworth, Natasha Kaplinsky, Kate Silverton, and Louise Minchin. He became the main weekday presenter of Breakfast in 2008, rejoining Williams and replacing Dermot Murnaghan. Turnbull was also an occasional relief presenter of News at Six and News at One.
As well as anchoring programs in the studio, Turnbull regularly presented on location. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, he was sent to New Orleans to report for BBC News, presenting both Breakfast and the News at Six live from Biloxi and Gulfport, Mississippi. In the aftermath of the 7 July 2005 London bombings, Turnbull anchored Breakfast’s coverage live from King’s Cross railway station. He fronted the program’s coverage of the 2008 US presidential election live from Washington, D.C., and New York, and was in Washington once again for the 2012 US presidential election.
Bill Turnbull wife
Bill Turnbull and Sarah McCombie tied the knot in March 1988 in the London Borough of Hackney. While the pair lived in Buckinghamshire, Sarah worked as a newsroom editor for British Forces Broadcasting.
Bill and Sarah lived together in Bucks, but they moved to Rainow in Cheshire when BBC Breakfast relocated to Salford. When Bill quit BBC Breakfast back in 2015, he said he and Sarah hoped to move to Suffolk, and he wanted to spend time with her and his bees.
Bill Turnbull children
The couple raise two sons – Henry, who was born in October 1988, and Will, who was born in October 1980. They also have a daughter, Flora, born in August 1991.
Bill Turnbull parents
Bill Turnbull was born to an English father of Scottish ancestry and an English mother, their name is not known to the public, keep visiting our page for more updates.
Bill Turnbull siblings
Bill Turnbull kept his family life away from the media although he is famous in the media industry for years and decades.
In 2005, he was a contestant in the third series of Strictly Come Dancing, partnered with Karen Hardy. Despite a serious ankle injury in the second week (which then flared up at various points in the series), he stayed in the competition for seven weeks, finishing sixth out of twelve contestants.
In April and May 2010, Turnbull traveled around the UK presenting and reporting for Breakfast on the general election campaign trail. In June 2010 he presented Breakfast live from Whitehaven in the aftermath of the Cumbria shootings.
